The HEAD Foundation’s practice-focused webinar series, Educational Leadership in a Crisis, concluded with its third webinar held on 24 September 2020, with the theme of caring for
The second part of The HEAD Foundation’s practice-focused webinar series, Educational Leadership in a Crisis, was held on 17 September 2020, with focus on the theme of
The HEAD Foundation’s three-part practice-focused webinar series, Educational Leadership in a Crisis kicked off on 10 September 2020 with a lively discussion on how educators
Six months on, the COVID-19 pandemic is still exposing and widening deep fault lines in the global economy, public healthcare system and many other areas
https://youtu.be/4wYfQ2g9L2Y “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill The education sector has been ripe for reform for the longest time, yet progress
https://youtu.be/Diclwv76FWU The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on disruptions, vulnerabilities, and challenges in all facets of our lives, and higher education is no exception. In our
https://youtu.be/vyqVccA08Oo As the world goes into uncharted waters in the battle against COVID-19, The HEAD Foundation has convened a panel of medical and public health
https://youtu.be/RuI-pFmvOx8 After winning the prestigious Global Learning XPRIZE and proving that well-designed software can enable children to learn independently, Ms. Sooinn Lee was in Singapore
Inclusion of persons with disabilities (PWDs) has been at the forefront of many initiatives rolled out in Singapore but traction and progress has been slow.
On 28 October 2019, A/P Vicente Reyes from The University of Queensland organised a roundtable on “Educational Transformations in VUCA Contexts: Implications on Leadership, Teaching,
https://youtu.be/NFDdlcHGu84 We now live in a VUCA – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous – world where technology is rapidly transforming the way we live, teach
On 16 September 2019, Dr Lucie Cerna from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and A/P Meng-Hsuan Chou from Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Experts are racing against the clock to mitigate environmental degradation. In addition to using science and technology to reduce our impact on the environment, policymakers
https://youtu.be/sIKTRjg9hlk Aiming to bridge the science-to-policy gap, the ASEAN Foundation conceived the ASEAN Science and Technology Fellowship. In its fifth cycle, the 2019/2020 Fellowship will
Our planet is in crisis; greenhouse gases are blanketing the atmosphere, melting polar ice caps, causing methane to leak from the tundra and threatening the
Rounded shoulders, slouching, forward head posture — we see these on people all around us at epidemic proportions. It seems everyone is having trouble doing
The long history of higher learning in Asia, together with its extraordinary diversity, presents dual challenges to the scholar and analyst. While its past still
The world needs to shift away from the traditional linear economy towards a circular economy; one where food, energy and materials are produced and consumed
The hype around artificial intelligence has now reached monumental proportions. Worries about killer robots, robots taking our jobs and other concerns have reached a fever
Professor Tony Bush, Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham, and his team organised a leadership conference to disseminate their findings on educational
Thinking happens almost automatically from the day we are born. However, how can we do so skilfully? On 14 March 2019, thinker, educator and entrepreneur
Singapore’s early childhood (EC) sector has gained national attention over the last few years, with increased funding for sectoral improvements. The drive towards improving accessibility,
It is widely agreed by scientists and policymakers that humans must reduce their impact on the natural environment and adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. On
Swiftlets of genus Aerodramus fuchiphagus, native to the Indo-Pacific region, build edible bird’s nest (EBN) with a saliva-like secretion which is believed to have exceptional
Individuals and organisations are facing increasingly severe and complex problems in the modern world, ranging from diabetes and depression to job burnout and environmental sustainability.
